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FRAGILE LIGHT: BEAUTY AT THE EDGE OF UNCERTAINTY OPENS AT NIMBUS ARTS NEW RIVERSIDE STUDIO MARCH 15TH to MARCH 29th

Fragile Light: Beauty at the Edge of Uncertainty is a printmaking project and exhibition that explores the human cost of war and the fragility of democratic systems through layered, hand-pulled monoprints. The work pairs images of bombed domestic spaces from global conflict zones with photographs of chandeliers taken by the artist in France and in the three branches of U.S. government—the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the Supreme Court. The exhibition will also include art made by kids living in Ukraine.

Programming includes a panel discussion with Bay Area artists who use their practice for activism Thursday March 19th, a Free Family Art-making day Sunday March 22nd. The opening reception is Sunday March 15th from 2 to 5 pm.

Nuova Music Festival →

I am pleased that this monoprint was selected for HDGallery in LA’s online Black and White exhibition. The piece is an homage to the lives lost at the Nuova Music Festival in Israel on October 9, 2023.

Artist residency and lecture at Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT →

I am honored and super excited to have been awarded the Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Residency at CCP. I had an incredible experience there and will be adding images to my website soon. With the help of Master Printmaker Chris Shore I expanded my Conflict Zone series of monoprints to include the war in Ukraine and the Israel/Gaza conflict. In addition, I am developing a series on the 3 branches of government using images of chandeliers that I took while touring each location in DC. During the residency I began introducing chandeliers from the White House and the Capital with images from the devastation in Ukraine and Gaza. You can see some Instagram nancywillisart posts about my time there but here also is the link to my 40 minute artist talk on August 9th. ARt and Empathy Artist Talk/CCP